but not conservative african-americans.me court justice clarence thomas recently weighed in on why the president receives such favorable coverage. >> did you ever expect to see an african-american president during your lifetime? is that something you thought would happen? >> the thing that i always knew that it would have to be a black president who was approved by the elites. the media. because anybody they didn't agree with, they would take apart. and that will happen with virtually -- you pick your person, any black person who says something that is not the described things they expect from a black person will be picked apart. don't pick me. pick anyone who decided not to go along with it. there is a price to pay. somebody the media agrees with. >> laura: i clerked for justice thomas in supreme court in the early '90s. we're joined by reverend jacque degross to weigh in on the issue. what do you make of justice thomas' comments there? >> i appreciate his sensitivity from what he went through in the nomination hearings. b

in the african une summit, nine of the world's top economies are in africa. on the top is ethiopia itself. taking a closer look at an economy on the move. >> this is a more confident ethiopia. the buildings can't go up fast enough. and young people say they're looking forward to a brighter future. >> we have a bright history of -- a history of hunger and poverty. we don't want to have that part of our history. we want to change it. and everybody is now geared for it. >> if you look at the latest g.d.p. figures, that's the value of goods and services divided by the population. eetsyopia has a growth rate around 7%. the top world's bank economist in the country says that sounds good but it doesn't paint the whole picture. >> when your country is very poor, when your base is low, the growth is much easier, rather than when you become 20,000 per capita then the growth is more difficult. but this to global merchandise and services will be tremendous. >> the growing number of people argue that g.d.p. is not the best way to measure the economy as it doesn't reflect

m of the african union has made a lot of -- >> the african union has made a lot of progress in recent years, but has it moved far enough? we put that question to an expert. >> it certainly moved quite a bit from me o -- from the oau established in 1963, what was then described as a club of dictators. we have seen a number of proactive steps -- the suspension of members following coup d'États, sanctions imposed on some member countries. it has been moving in the right direction, but a lot remains to be done. if you follow the lavished celebrations in matters of -- in addis ababa over the weekend, you are led to believe that this is a club of african unity. but the way we see it, it is still more of a club of african disunity, to be honest. >> and you can find out more about africa and african union on our website website, dw.de/africa. a conference on climate change is underway just outside the german capital. among the big issues being discussed by hundreds of international experts is to what extent extreme weather is being caused by climate change. some scientists say that global war

ethiopia currently chairs the african union. abe explained his policy of expanding investment in africa to contribute to growth. he also offered to share energy-saving technology as part of its efforts to tackle global warming. prime minister abe sat down with mozambique's president armando guebuza. the leaders are expected to have agreed on signing an investment pact. this will be japan's first such accord with an african country. abe also had a chance to get a taste of african culture. the police and coast guard have tightened security around the ticad venue. officers set up checkpoints at hotel entrances nearby. and they're on the lookout for suspicious cars or people. up to 1,800 police officers will take part in the security effort each day, along with up to 300 coast guard personnel. our team is covering a variety of events. go to a major meeting focusing on peace and stability in africa. >>> abe and other members met for a special session on somali. they vowed to keep supporting the east african nation. smolians forms an

that said, we did find some headwinds that african americans felt. first was a big concern about debt. that was the number one financial priority that african americans had. it was their number one thing. for the overall population, the number one financial priority was saving for retirement. we did see throughout the survey this focus that african-american families had on more short-term obligations and needs verses longer-term savings. - michael, why is it, that point of optimism? why do you feel african americans are more sanguine than the population at large? - it's a very interesting question. i would say, first of all, optimism has been something that african americans have had, and it has sort of carried them through a variety of challenges historically throughout the country. also, just within the survey, again, they felt just more optimistic about the future with respect to the money they had saved, income, savings levels, and this sort of notion of insurance coverage. so there are a variety of different things. also, these results are simil

it gives me great pleasure and pride to introduce the new african - housing or job sdrimgsz the new african-american congress dedicates itself. we pledge to help the the new african-american congress is here to serve and stay. we are a collaborative of 15 different agencies to dub patch to the mission to the western addition to lake view side. today you will hear us and we hope you'll become pro-active with the people. we endorse some of the greater programs and we here geej the supervisor in the one stop center in the western edition to help the people find meaningful employment to the african-american congress is here. >> rocky? >> excuse me. how you doing london? i grew up with london bridge and out of the control project and it's such a pleasure to see her come so far to take part in the cities and counties government. i'm a life skills facilityor and a proud member of the new african-american congress. i've worked with homes population over 10 years and i've worked with young adults to help them get back into society. i'm an original member of get out of control gang members it was an operation

african-americans are estimated to be 44% of all new h.i.v. infections, despite representing only 13% of the u.s. population. these disparities are shocking and the congressional black caucus will not let us ignore them. in 2009, health disparities cost the united states economy $82.2 billion. we have to continue to bring awareness to this issue within our community, to develop strategies to eliminate these disparities in a cost effective way. on march 23, 2010, president obama signed the affordable care act which is a monumental step that helps us address these overwhelming statistics, health dispair -- health disparities within our communities. we now have in place comprehensive health care reform that improves access to affordable care and guarantees that millions of our most at-risk citizens will be finally able to receive care. by improving access to quality health care for all americans, the affordable care act actually reduces health disparities. we share this information so citizens will know this law invests in prevention and wellness

perseverance and beauty of older african-americans is now on display at the african- american art and culture project and the elders project, a tribute to african-americans ages 90 to 104 years old. here to tell us about it is the curator of the show. an artist herself. >> it's my pleasure. an honor to have you. >> wow and wow. i went upstairs, run stairs and i watch your beautiful photo montage. just extraordinary work and so moving. >> the elders in the photos and to see their story in their eyes. some of them look sad and some of them work. i have overcome. it doesn't matter. here i am, 104. >> that's right. >> and tell us about the inspiration to do this exhibit. >> a couple of months ago, mr. right came to visit the center. i happen to be working on the exhibition there and he showed us the photographs of the amazing non-jenarians and centanarians. >> wow,ile have to warm that arm that, nanojenarian. >> we were blown away by the beauty they represented. my dad was 90 and he made it to 90 and reminded me of people in my family and how -- . >> no matter what. >> pictures are coming

if if things were equal they would have said look let us do something to help these free africans now to develop a plan for but what about china because everyone knows that china has a large appetite for african resources at this point how do you make sure that they don't become the new colony of the twenty first century and the china is going to call in as in the. conference to discuss how to colonise food to get resolution collectively china has not done so they came to a for them wanted to do business they came to a for the. that was their turn as the mission is different they are coming to do business enough and they know that many people work for china's doing business enough i think it's going to depend on how through that does business with china doesn't mean that you cannot equate the two i've been is it wrong to say china is now coming to colonize after the murder took china's come to develop it is brought back to development in a short space of time and they don't want to be called in and is deep in decades if not saying to us but at this point you are still remains one of y

eddie glove chair of the center of african-american studies at princeton university.entlemen, thank you for being here. there's been so much tack over the last year or two that the black church is dead. dr. guard you started the conversation because you wrote a piece called "the black church is dead" is that true? >> i think we need to understand the church as a dynamic institution. that the phrase "the black church is really a myth" that there's always been black churches that differentiated lit your jik landscape. humans after all, progressive, forward. it has to be the center so we can understand exactly what black religious folk are doing. in these political landscape we need to start the conversation. >> i started the conversation. >> i have a slightly different take having been away from the church for a number of years and then returning to the church. i found that the church certainly was not the church of my youth. there were all kinds of models when i returned to the church that i think have responded very well to critiques like dr. glove raised, critiques l

he's a gifted orator, he definitely connected with the african-american community and particularly african-american think it was more of a family speech. it's something that i would share with my 12-year-old son, miles, who was there with me and who was there watching the graduates of 500 black men come into the grounds for graduation. it was great. but at the same time you have to ask the question should we have kept this in a kind of closed door kind of setting? particularly when some of the things that were played out and as i look at the headlines that are out there, you do have to raise the question should we have talked about this more in a closed setting versus something in an open setting? i do think the president is right, we do have to take responsibility, our young men do have to hold themselves accountable, but at the same time the larger community of america thinks that people are not responsible, that african-american men are not responsible and this is morehouse. it is the black harvard. and so these are men who are already taking responsibility, already who are leaders and who are a

my mom was the pta african-american president. i helped students realize the potential to advocate help parents understand their children and empower students of color about their own heritage as well as provided a positive role model. i empower them and help them think school it cool. i've been added to be a - the students have realized they can stay out of the streets and not be in jail and now graduate and now two of my students have gotten jobs. they've shone better cognitive reasoning. we are ucf b. not only that but by firing and laughing par as of color and more you're directly effecting the parents the students the teachers and disserving our community (clapping) >> i'm a parents of the a daughter who's about to

my mom was the pta african-american president. i helped students realize the potential to advocate help parents understand their children and empower students of color about their own heritage as well as provided a positive role model. i empower them and help them think school it cool. i've been added to be a - the students have realized they can stay out of the streets and not

officials released their african economic outlook. they projected annual growth of 5.4% over nine years. and they have telecommunications have boomed with more and more people using mobile phones. the researchers said african nations will benefit from high prices for natural resources such as oil and rather earth metals. they advise african leaders to modern ease agriculture. d they said manufacturing firms need to here more young workers. the and lists warned more jobless people could lead to political instability across the region. shmpblts. >>> she spoke with tom donland. he flew to china to lay the ground work for the upcoming meeting. >> translator: i'm looking forward to the meeting with president obama early next month in california where we can have deep communication with each other on major strategic issues. >> the two leaders are expected to discuss trade as well as suspect the chinese cyberattacks on u.s. government targets. they will also cover the north korea situation. heaid e u.s. government is pushing to cooperate and

while some african countries are experiencing an oil and gas boom, half of africa's population continue to live on less than $1.25 a day. most of the poor lack in, and also access to affordable and reliable sources of energy. without electricity, students cannot study when the sun goes down, clinics cannot refrigerated vaccines, and businesses shut their doors. the cycle of poverty continues. but africa's sun, wind, and water resources make it ideal for renewable energy development, and entrepreneurs and businesses are quickly catching on. correspondent jeff barbee travels through four countries in southern africa to explore emerging renewable technologies that may be more sustainable than fossil fuels and that are already helping to alleviate poverty while protecting the environment. forotswana is best known diamonds, a big game, sunshine, and desert. 80% of the people here use scarce fire wood for their energy needs, depleting the country further of its natural resources. crosby is from solar cookers for africa. he is on a mission to change that. >> i got into solar cooking when visit

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we have certainly enjoyed watching as penguins in their african garb. you are watching "bbc world news please, have a great weekend. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's bank, andtion, union united healthcare. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: the obama administration said today the financial outlook for medicare improved slightly and social security has not worsened. but new data shows americans still struggling to recover from the recession. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. > own: i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we examine the report from federal reserve economists finding the average household has regained les

not meet the african lions. but much of the rest of the world into the shade and donna is in the vanguard -- ghana is in the vanguard. home.re splashing out at an that spending is fueling economy that is no longer dependent on exports. crexendo for the first time the african story is not just a commodity story. it is one of expanded income. expanded opportunity. .he growing milk last >> you talk about this newfound growth, but is everyone sharing in it or are some people be left behind? >> we could do better as a country. >> government expenditure on education not to help redress that imbalance. spending has gone up and literacy rates with it. i went to school here probably before your parents were born. >> it was a little after independence, a time of unbridled optimism. which one do you think i am? that is it. this guy here. what do you want to be? rex i want to be a banker. >> you want to be a doctor. why do you want to be a doctor? rex i like ticking care of people. i like taking care of people. >> no one sa

believe that his or her ancestors were free native americans and enslaved africans. so there's a kind of revealing psychology through the family oral history that was perpetrated by this particular family in paris. >> i would be interested to know more about one, his profit of others any history on his profit united states to england, and the second thing would be curious to know more about the heavyweight champion, jack johnson and whether interaction was when he came to moscow. >> sure. i found in records in england the passenger list from various ships that went from american ports to portsmouth and other places in england. and i am pretty sure that he found the ship on which frederick bruce thomas cross the atlantic. what surprised me was how many people of very different social and economic backgrounds crossed the atlantic, how readily they did it, how simple it was but you didn't have to have a passport. you just bought a ticket and went. you didn't need a passport in fact in most of western europe at the time. you could travel from england to france without on

here in the school district i've gained more african-american parents than any other school. my father passed away after 40 years of service. i was the youngest of the family and i said i would never be an accessor. why would my father want to stay here in the business it's so stressful but now i know why my people need help. if you want to contribute to be then you keep what you sent me something in the mail or send me something positive. i give you the decision to make that >> lord i'm the first president of the paren excuse me. p tsa of the valley. i'm proud to say that we're here in record numbers and we've been gathering together thanks to our parents liaison and your new principle. i must say we've been working well together. and like he just said he's needed and not only to reach the samoan students. the parent are what's missing from the kwaeks so parents support for the students are neat don't lay it all on the teachers to do the support the liaisons, parent is needed in the classroom but in particular this gentleman has empowered us he has shown us how to make a pre

the african people. to. yeah. perhaps. northern kenya was one of the regions affected during this recent famine wave. the land is arid and barren. that was. how i never. am carried here that was written i am the turkana are this region's inhabitants one of kenya's most traditional tribes that were never. forgotten my. dad did that with. their nomadic pastoralists. for centuries they have learned to survive on this harsh land depending on the rain periods. i. have never yet. i. but in recent years the ongoing droughts threaten their very existence. i guess that yeah. i guess in northern kenya we had a year with basically no rain and tools to come on average and i was seeing. successive droughts of the past few years and what we're seeing is these trends are getting more and more frequent so the rain is becoming less less common. traps left many of the enemy is very very weak so people didn't have that didn't have the usual income. of. money trisha live was really short term. not what the global acute malnutrition rate is fi

there are i would say a large segment of african-americans who are very homophobic. there's no getting around that. >> where do you think that comes from? >> in fact, chris boussard came out yesterday on air -- he didn't come out but he said that, you know, he feels a sin against god, homosexuals. and he's african-american brother from new orleans. >> so do you see that in -- >> he's a christian. >> -- in the community as something based on religious beliefs and religious traditions? >> to be honest, they mitigate people in the church. there are gay people in the black church so you just can't say i believe in god and that means that i'm against homosexuality. >> jason collins makes a point of saying he's a christian and this is -- i mean, this is in line with his beliefs. how do you think fans are going to respond? how do you think other players are going to respond, not just publicly, in the locker room, on the court? >> look, there will be a couple of jokes but i think that with the tweets that i've read, if he does happen to get on a team next year, he's going to

african community has to have an african-american president, that has been checked off the list and it has become normal that she could have someone that can govern the most powerful country in the world. we are going to get there. i also want to commend you for doing this. it gives me a lot of optimism going forward. latinoreatest hope is politics becomes more and more empowered to fix this country. eraill help engender a new of prosperity and hope for all the population. my greatest fear is it will be no better than the ones that broke the system. greatest fear is the supreme court and others will make a decision that will suppress the latino growth. that includes decisions about the voting rights act and about the arizona voter registration. but we will see more efforts to suppress the vote. my greatest hope is we will overcome that with great struggle. the lessons are reinforced and the only integrated in policymakers thinking and that is about far, good policies for the dead nation that includes a growing latino population and an outgrowth is solving the education gap from prekind

there are, i will say, a large segment of african-americans who are very homophobic.here's no getting around that. >> where do you think that comes from? >> one of the top guys at espn came out yesterday on air and said -- not come out, he didn't come out, but he said that, you know, he felt it was a sin against god, homosexuals. and he's african-american brother from new orleans. >> so do you see that in the community as something based largely on religious beliefs, religious tradition? >> well, look, to be honest, there are many gay people in the church. let's keep it real. there are gay people in the black church. so you just can't say i believe in god, that means that i'm against homosexuality. >> jason collins makes a point of saying he's a christian and this is in line with his beliefs. how do you think fans are going to respond? how do you think other players are going to respond, you know, not just publicly but in the locker room, on the court? >> look, there will be a couple of jokes, but i think that with the tweets i read, he's going to get, if he does happ

if if things were equal they would have said look let us do something to help these free africans now to develop a plan for but what about china because everyone knows that china has a large appetite for african resources at this point how do you make sure that they don't become the new colony of the twenty first century and the become the china's not coronas in the. conference to discuss how to colonize food to get resolution collectively china has not done so they came to a for the not to do business they came to a for the. that was their turn as the mission is different they are coming to do business in africa and they know that many people would like china's doing business enough i think it's going to depend on how through that does business with china that's in me but you cannot equate the two i think is it wrong to say china is now coming to colonize of another top ten is coming to develop it has brought better development in a short space of time and they don't want to be called in and is deep in decades if not saying to us but at this point europe still remains one of your big

i'm the president of the san francisco african-american chamber of commerce. i'm here today and i want to dovetail on the speaker before me about the participation of african americans not only in job creation, but so in contracting. we've experienced pretty negative participation in the city. you have over 10 projects in excess of a billion and the african-american business community has had minimum -- minimum participation. and i'm here today, i guess, to appeal to the warriors to be an inclusive and i'd like to say to the warriors that since the left, the population of the african-american community here in san francisco is about 18%. today it's about 5 or 6. there is an outmigration here and we are all responsible [speaker not understood] this commission. and major projects that come here. so, i'm here to say that we have been in this community. we have . we have all kinds of businesses that are able to participate and i would like to emphasize that as we go up the road, we must be inclusive. we must reverse this outmigration because after awhile, there wi

african community has to have an african-american president, that has been checked off the list and it has become normal that she could have someone that can govern the most powerful country in the world. we are going to get there. i also want to commend you for doing this. it gives me a lot of optimism going forward. latinoreatest hope is politics becomes more and more empowered to fix this country. eraill help engender a new of prosperity and hope for all the population. my greatest fear is it will be no better than the ones that broke the system. greatest fear is the supreme court and others will make a decision that will suppress the latino growth. that includes decisions about the voting rights act and about the arizona voter registration. but we will see more efforts to suppress the vote. my greatest hope is we will overcome that with great struggle. the lessons are reinforced and the only integrated in policymakers thinking and that is about far, good policies for the dead nation that includes a growing latino population and an outgrowth is solving the education gap from prekind

the tokyo international conference on african development starts on saturday. japan has fallen behind other nations that have better footholds on the country. nhk world went to zambia to see how one japanese firm is gaining ground in the mining industry. >> this is the copper ore. it changes color to this green. >> reporter: he has spent much of his career working overseas. he's now the head of hitachi construction machinery's local subsidiary in zambia. his job is to increase sales in the african market. the market is very competitive, do you think? >> yes. not now, but long time ago, yes. still very tough business. >> reporter: zambia is the world's seventh largest copper producer. the price of this commodity has risen since 2004, boosting the country's economy. it's now sees around 6 to 7% growth every year. and emerging economies have helped develop many new copper mines in the last decade. hitachi is just one of the firms from japan playing catchup. it first made inroads in zambia ten years ago. it's been competing against a u.s. company whose heavy machin

and why falling prices are having little impact on a south african gold rush. we are back in a moment. the top stories on al jazeera. gunmen in islamabad have killed a prosecutor investigating the assassination of former prime minister benazir bhutto. the seven remaining south korean work is at the center of the dispute with north korea are now going home. they have been staying in the industrial zone senses was shut down. rescuers in bangladesh are continuing to find bottles under a rubble of a garment factory that collapsed more than a week ago. more than five as if people are known to have died. the u.s. has extended sanctions against myanmar to ensure the country continues to adopt democratic reforms. the obama administration also relaxed these restrictions imposed against the former military regime. there are reports that president sang songs seem -- there are reports that the presence of myanmar is going to visit the united states. -- president of myanmar is one to visit the united states. monks' campaign for religious segregation. religiousampaign for se

the african in the engine that could improve health and hygiene of people. they call him the picasso of the east. the works go under the hammer in hong kong. syrian opposition leaders meeting in istanbul have opened the door to an expanded coalition. the syrian national coalition spokesman made the announcement after talks on sunday. fighting appears to be preventing them from making significant changes. it was to elect its new leader on monday. internal disagreements have delayed that decision. meeting.lowing the tell us about the makeup of the coalition. >> earlier in the day, there appears to have been a decision to expand the coalition to include eight new members seculared with the opposition. it seemed the issue of expansion was behind them. once again, the politicians are back to the drawing board. increasing frustration among the observers. the meeting that was to last for three days is already today's over the schedule. thousands of dollars are being spent. still no breakthrough. talks are continuing to add more people to the coalition. this is prob